Manila climate

Name: Manila
Address: PH

Manila is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. July is the wettest month (327 mm) and April the driest (20 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Manila averages 1,668 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Philippines · population 1,600,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 32 °C
Coldest month January 23 °C
Driest month April 20 mm
Wettest month July 327 mm
Least cloud April 41 % cloud
Hottest on record May 37 °C
Coldest on record January 18 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectManila through the year

Manila has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 32 °C in April, a swing of 3.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 141 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 327 mm against 20 mm in April — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Manila is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.2 °C	29 mm	53 %
February	29.1 °C	21 mm	48 %
March	30.7 °C	23 mm	44 %
April	32.5 °C	20 mm	41 %
May	32.0 °C	122 mm	66 %
June	30.5 °C	181 mm	78 %
July	29.2 °C	327 mm	87 %
August	28.8 °C	304 mm	88 %
September	28.8 °C	293 mm	86 %
October	29.3 °C	163 mm	73 %
November	29.2 °C	82 mm	61 %
December	28.4 °C	102 mm	60 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.2 °C	22.5 °C	25.0 °C	32.0 °C	17.8 °C	30	2
February	29.1 °C	22.7 °C	25.5 °C	33.4 °C	19.7 °C	28	9
March	30.7 °C	23.7 °C	26.7 °C	35.3 °C	20.1 °C	31	21
April	32.5 °C	25.1 °C	28.4 °C	36.2 °C	21.2 °C	30	28
May	32.0 °C	25.8 °C	28.5 °C	37.0 °C	23.4 °C	31	26
June	30.5 °C	25.4 °C	27.6 °C	35.4 °C	23.2 °C	30	19
July	29.2 °C	25.0 °C	26.8 °C	33.4 °C	23.6 °C	31	9
August	28.8 °C	24.9 °C	26.5 °C	32.6 °C	23.2 °C	31	5
September	28.8 °C	24.7 °C	26.5 °C	31.9 °C	23.4 °C	30	5
October	29.3 °C	24.5 °C	26.6 °C	32.2 °C	21.7 °C	31	7
November	29.2 °C	24.2 °C	26.4 °C	32.2 °C	19.6 °C	30	7
December	28.4 °C	23.5 °C	25.5 °C	32.6 °C	18.8 °C	30	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	29 mm	3	11 h/day	53 %	76 %	19 km/h	26.6 °C
February	21 mm	3	12 h/day	48 %	74 %	20 km/h	26.6 °C
March	23 mm	3	12 h/day	44 %	72 %	19 km/h	27.5 °C
April	20 mm	4	12 h/day	41 %	70 %	16 km/h	28.9 °C
May	122 mm	15	13 h/day	66 %	75 %	15 km/h	30.0 °C
June	181 mm	22	13 h/day	78 %	82 %	15 km/h	30.0 °C
July	327 mm	27	13 h/day	87 %	85 %	16 km/h	29.4 °C
August	304 mm	27	13 h/day	88 %	86 %	18 km/h	29.0 °C
September	293 mm	26	12 h/day	86 %	86 %	15 km/h	29.2 °C
October	163 mm	17	12 h/day	73 %	83 %	14 km/h	28.9 °C
November	82 mm	8	11 h/day	61 %	81 %	17 km/h	28.3 °C
December	102 mm	8	11 h/day	60 %	79 %	19 km/h	27.5 °C

How Manila compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Manila	32 °C	23 °C	1,668 mm	363
Caloocan · Philippines	33 °C	22 °C	2,316 mm	363
Quezon City · Philippines	32 °C	22 °C	2,316 mm	360
Paranaque City · Philippines	32 °C	23 °C	1,609 mm	363
Antipolo · Philippines	32 °C	22 °C	2,404 mm	361

Where Manila ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	18th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in January	24th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in March	24th of 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	27th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in January	29th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia year-round	39th of 50	78/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Manila.

QuestionsCommon questions about Manila’s climate

When is the best time to visit Manila?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Manila get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 141 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Manila?

July, averaging 327 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is April with 20 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,668 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Manila rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 14.604°, 120.982° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.